Auto-shade.



A. T. LA'NGFORD.

AUTO SHADE.

APPLICATlON FILED MAR. 9. ma.

1,298,739. Patented A ia 1,1919;

ATTOHN EY ATLAS T. LANGFORD, 0F JACKSON, TENNESSEE.

AUTO-SHADE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

Application filed March 9, 1918. Serial No. 221,489.

Jackson, in the county of Madison and State of Tennessee, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Auto- Shades, of which thefollowing is .a specification.

This invention relates to non-dazzling shields for automobile windshields and the like and has for its object the production of a simpleand efficient shade which is adapted to be secured to the wind shield ofa motor vehicle, such as an automobile for preventing the driver of theautomobile or motor vehicle from being blinded by the glare of thelights of a passing vehicle.

Another object of this invention is the production of a simple andeflicient means for detachably holding the shade upon the wind shield inany desired adjustable position.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of a wind shield showingmy improved shade secured thereto,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the shade and supporting means therefor,the casing being partly shown in sections,

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in thedirection of the arrow.

By referring to-the drawings, it will be seen that 1 designates the windshield which is provided with the usual glass panels 2. The wind shield1 is also provided with a transversely extending upper bar 3 to which isdetachably secured the shade supporting casing 4.

The shade supporting casing 4 comprises a tubular body having itsrespective ends 5 externally threaded for the purpose of receivin thecaps 6. These caps 6 are provide with suitable apertures 7 for thepurpose of receiving the ends of the shade roller 8. This shade rolleris formed of the usual construction and is of the usual spring type.

A shade 9 is secured to the roller 8 and passes through a longitudinallyextending slot 10 formed in the casing 4 as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and3 of the drawings.

The lower end of the shade 9 is provided with a folded seam 11 in whichseam 11 is mounted a reinforcing stick 12. This shade 9 is formed oftranslucent material such as colored celluloid although it of courseshould be understood that any suitable translucent material may beemployed without departing from the spirit of the inventlon.

Each of the caps 6 is provided with a clamp 13 which clamp comprises aprimary jaw 14 and an auxiliary jaw 15, these jaws being spaced withrespect to each other as shown clearly in Fig. 3 for permitting theclamp to fit around the transversely extending rod" 3 of the Windshield 1. The auxiliary jaw 15 is integrally secured to the primary jaw14 by means of a bridge portion 16. An adjustable clamping plate 17 iscarried by an adjusting screw 18 which adjusting screw 18 is threadedthrough the auxiliary jaw 15. The inner face of the primary jaw 14 iscurved as indicated by the numeral 19 and the inner face 20 of theclamping plate 17 is also curved for permitting the jaw 14 and plate 17to be clamped upon a support of various sizes. By having the clampconstructed as set forth, it should be understood that the shade may beattached to any form of a wind shield and it is not necessary tomanufacture a special size clamp for each automobile upon which thedevice may be used.

It should be understood that the shade 9 may be adjusted upon the windshield to suit the convenience of the operator and that the shade 9 maybe raised or lowered to the desired position in the same manner as anordinary window shade.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the operator mayadjust the shade 9 to a suitable position in order that the dazzlinglights of an approaching vehicle will not interfere with his vision andthereby permit the operator to safely pilot the vehicle which he isdriving. It should be further understood that the wind shield may beadjusted to any suitable elevation without interfering with the shade 9.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, it will be seen that the translucent shade 9is ada ted to be drawn down in back of the win shield so as to preventthe shade 9 from swinging away from the shield. The adjusting screws 18are preferably operated from the front of the wind shield.

It should of course be understood that certain obvious detail mechanicalchanges maybe made in the present device without departing from thespirit of the invention, so long as these changes fallwithin the scopeof the appended c1aim.,

What is claimed is:

As a new article of manufacture, a shade for use upon wind shields ofvehicles comprising a casing, a translucent shade carried by saidcasing, a clamp secured to each end of said casing and provided with adepending finger extending directly below the central axis of saidcasing, a rearwardly extending bridge portion extending substantially atright angles to said first mentioned finger, a depending finger securedto the outer end of said bridge portion and extending substantiallyparallel with respect to said first mentioned fin or, an adjusting screwthreaded through sald last mentioned finger, a curved clamping platesecured to the inner end of said adjusting screw and adapted to firmlyengage the frame of a windshield for detachably 'and adjustably holdingsaid clamp and casing in engagement with said windshield.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ATLAS T. LANGFORD.

Witnesses R. S. MCKELVY, A. O. LANGFORD.

